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Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Government Warns Employees to Be Punctual at Work or Face Action

Modi government has completed one year of
operation at the centre and as an immediate effect of that, the government has recently
made it clear that it would not tolerate any sort of negligence or
lack of punctuality in the official functions and wants its employees to be very
sincere and timely in delivering their outputs. In fact, the new government has
already been working on making its employees disciplined in the past one year
and now it is going stricter than ever to have announced that official actions
and punishments will also be taken up in case of those who shows lack of punctuality
and lack of interest in their official responsibilities.

In a communication to all the central
government ministries, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) made it
clear on Monday: "Habitual late attendance is viewed as conduct unbecoming
of a government servant and disciplinary action may be taken against such a
government servant. It is also added that punctuality in attendance is to be
observed by government servants at all levels".

With the PM MOdi and all his cabinet ministers
being perfect examples of disciplined and punctual people at work, the
government officials too are now expected and warned to be punctual at their
work.

The note on punctuality of the officials and
stuffs also stated, "Service rules stipulate that every government servant
shall at all times maintain devotion to duty. Responsibility for ensuring punctuality
in respect of their employees rests within ministries, departments or offices."
The DoPT also emphasized that this is not the first time that the employees are
being told to respect timings.

A senior DoPT official said, "There have
been instances of tardiness by employees in coming to offices. The ministries
have been asked to ensure that all employees mark their attendance through the
biometric system and take action against habitual offenders."

As there are about 48 lakh central government
employees working across the country, it will now be notable as to how effective
the latest commands on punctuality will be and how would the government employees
respond to this warning.